and realized everything you thought. was a big issue. here ups energy future president putin's meeting e.u. leaders on his first trip to brussels since returning to the kremlin. tackling terror on trade routes he reports on the drone campaign. one of the country's leadership seems to be quiet about it plus. has already. a million documents to be released. promises to reveal secrets concerning every government in the world as he lays out his plan for twenty thirteen in a christmas address. in london. russia's lower

house of parliament approves the response to the so-called magnitsky act moving towards a complete ban on americans adopting russian children. twenty four hours a day you're watching r t. continental energy issues are set to gather steam president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia is the largest oil and natural gas exporter to the twenty seven nation block such a big partnership rarely comes without hurdles. explains. we're up for a very interesting e.u. russia summit here in brussels with several very important issues on the agenda one of them will be the energy cooperation i'd like to remind you of us that gazprom

remains the biggest supplier of gas into the european continent and despite that gas from has already built several pipelines delivering the russian gas to the european continent the e.u. has a certain claims and accusations towards the russian gas giant in particular it wants to but it wants gazprom to diversify the means of control over its pipelines in europe certainly stand strongly against it and we understand that the russian president will be discussing this with his european colleagues. we are somewhat puzzled to put it mildly by their retroactive effect of this decision that you know if you pass a document and a blight to everything that existed prior to it it just creates a mess and undermines the credibility of cooperation. this summit takes place in the times of economic crisis in europe and we understand of course that the global cooperation between moscow and brussels will be one of the most important things on the agenda the something which has already been speculated by the media

and the analysts is whether this summit would show that e.u. would like to put some differences aside and see russia as a key strategic partner in the dark times of the financial crisis and certainly last but not least the foreign policy the major international geopolitical issues will be on the agenda of the summit as well we understand according to the russian president that he will basically regenerate moscow's stance on the syrian dispute there on the syrian conflict that it needs to be resolved at the negotiations table in full accordance with the international law not through violent means and not through military conflict this is something that has already said during his annual press conference on thursday of course we'll keep you posted of all the details and all the latest information of the summit in brussels as we get it. reporting that the never ending civil standoff in syria and possible ways to end the violence there were raised by russia's foreign minister an exclusive interview with r.t.

. believes that nato has moved to deploy patriot missiles on the turkish border is not only designed to protect against strikes from syrian territory he suggests there are indications the systems may well turn out to be useful against iran while talking about the push for regime change in syria the foreign minister insisted that russia will play no part. in the business of regime change. some of the. regional players were suggesting to us why don't you tell president to leave we will arrange for some safe haven for him. my answer is very simple. if indeed those who suggest the storms have this in mind they should take it directly to president that's why show the use ourselves. if present us of those interested this must be discussed directly with.

and you can watch r.t. the full interview with. on monday. us about the president has assumed control of the country's ballistic missile after purging the military of rivals to his leadership it is fear that the army would refuse to go along with. more turmoil in a country caught between uprisings drone strikes and al qaeda. now on what's at stake in yemen. as washington continues to make a moral case for its covert war on terror yemen is presented as a play. very few think of yemen as a choke point the vast economic interest yemen is the poorest country in the middle the book it's sitting on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the

bubble mendip straight most people have heard about the southwest canal well worth we almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob amended doesn't instantly ring a bell although it's basically an extension of the suez canal and is of similar strategic importance almost all of europe's trade with china japan india and the rest of asia passes for babel manned up every day that's how important it is some argue that washington sees terrorism in yemen as a problem in a sense that he could have an adverse impact on economic interests at stake the united states wouldn't be engaged in such a conflict in yemen if it didn't hold very specific geo political and strategic necessity for the u.s. i think most importantly of course is access to this bob all month straight which is one of the highest trafficked waterways in the world. the u.s. already has a vast military presence in the persian gulf to secure key oil shipping lanes under

the banner of chasing terrorists the u.s. is setting up new drone bases on the arabian peninsula including one in djibouti which is on the other side of the strait of babel and that the arrangement of the united states government has with the yemeni government is basically one of bribery we bribe them with money and weapons and in exchange we get to bomb their country with impunity. but it may be a dangerous proposition for the yemeni government because of the uproar this crisis caused among the population. an american plane on this place and killed seventeen people they were in a cynic they did not deserve to die he wanted so late to go we were protesting a year for it to happen he left what we have. now americans are coming to our land to kill us the journalist who shot these images of a two thousand and nine drone strike in yemen that killed fourteen women and twenty one children is now in jail

a ruler haida shy and was accused of aiding terrorists he was about to be released but the yemeni government reverse this decision after a call from the white house. because of the secrecy surrounding the program there is no way of knowing when the administration is out of targets and some fear washington might continue the bombings to maintain control in the region the challenge here is something similar to what happened in the former yugoslavia when when they were looking for targets. in serbia prior to the dayton accords and the military. planners came to to richard holbrooke and they said well you know honestly we've run out of targets we bombed everything and holbrooke said we have to keep this bombing up and. we've already hit the start he said bomb them again find secondary targets because they needed to keep up the pressure now my fear is that order to keep up the pressure on al qaeda or its associated organizations the

united states will explain you know its definition of who is a legitimate target washington is helping the current yemeni government in order for it not to fail and to be friendly to the us friendly enough to allow the u.s. to bomb them as washington see fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade route but historically that kind of a prop by the united states has often led to alienating much of the local population that sooner or later gets the sense that their government is serving its own interests and the interest of those thousands of miles away in washington i'm going to. increasingly tortured relationship with its gun culture is set to worsen online. teams are expected to face casualties kyra. so distant future. for my russian tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky the freedom i didn't expect to be jailed and his found guilty of money dollars in tax

evasion on the vessel meant to get a prison terms by two years as a reporter. russia's state duma has adopted a plan to ban the us citizens from adopting russian children which is in response to washington's magnitsky list of individuals facing sanctions. on these developments for us now lindsay want to know all about. what this so-called and state anti magnitsky act has passed four hundred twenty four to seven one vote abstaining of the provisions of this act will bad the adoption of russian children by u.s. families also it will restrict the visas and frees the russian based assets of u.s.

citizens seem to have violated the civil rights of the human rights rather of russian citizens now as for the adoption part of the act a huge reaction both in washington and here in russia thousands of russian children are adopted by american families every year now recently foreign minister sergey lavrov and secretary of state of state hillary clinton have spent a lot of time rewriting the rules of between russian and american adoption there have been many reports of children of russian children dying in their adoptive homes in the united states it's a major cause of concern and it's hit the global media a lot of outrage over that so a lot of time has been spent in the last couple of years of redrawing those lines and with this act essentially banning the adoption there's a lot of negative reaction now the reason for this anti magnitsky

act in the first place according to president putin yesterday be this is not. actually trying to target be honest and decent people who do shelter and give homes to russian orphans this is this is a direct target at the u.s. government officials who pushed through the so-called magnitsky act when the us government signed this act it basically reversed the nine hundred seventy four jackson benteke amendment which was an anti soviet act in his field and replace it with an anti russian act which was the so-called sergei magnitsky act and that stems from the wrongful death of russian worser get back netscape and pretrial detention in two thousand and nine it's a thing the u.s. government reacts to very violently and so as far as president putin was concerned yesterday the provisions of this and take make netsky act in the duma is an

appropriate reaction to the u.s. magnet sergei magnitsky act so now the next steps for this are it's got to go to the federation council or it can either be voted on and up and handed over to the presidents for signature and ratification or be bounced back to do what that will take place on december twenty sixth the last session for the federation council here in moscow. fail to see france thank you for the top that. germany is lending a hard lesson over literacy i heard her around seven million people are struggling with those reading and writing we meet some of those who don't get to share in the country success myself that's right. this is day starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of

story hundred sheep in the mountains in panes of t.v. thirty five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but he dition unfamiliar duty dictated that he would take on the care of these animals after his father. he's just made camp at their winter farmstead setting up his ute the traditional two fenian round tent made of diskin. back amongst his family and his job is a lonely one and tough going out in all weathers braving extremes of plus to minus forty degrees celsius just get on with them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alone my sister works with my mother my mother is seventy five she's very old and i miss mountains when i'm in town and i spend a lot of time here right now probably so on the surveys are simply carrying out the work that his father did and his father before him nothing has changed over many many centuries and that's half the problem it's hard work and many people don't

want to come into the industry now and it's really fit there could die out altogether. it's difficult to manage everything alone i used to have people who helped me but they were no good they didn't take care of the sheep with all their heart they hurt the cats or dogs get on with more people leaving than coming to the countryside the region's government is having to act making the life of a herd and more attractive than promising largest subsidies for produce and livestock and organizing cooperatives for the sale of day products to ensure the herd a get the highest fair price i asked sympathizes with those youngsters leaving for an easier more profitable life day in their publics capital because ill but he no longer wishes to join them he enjoys his pastoral way of life now looking for a helper who shares his enthusiasm with more time on his hands he says matter of fact he can start to look for a new wife. choose

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two hundred thirty two journalists who are currently in jail all over the world he named a few of them and he also spoke with bradley manning who approach is accused of leaking documents to wiki leaks and he said he saluted journalists and others who stand up to repression let's listen in to what he's got to say people often ask what can i do. the answer is not so difficult to learn how the world works. the statements and intentions of those who seek to control the behind of. democracy and more nikki unite in common purpose and common principle to design documents. in. act now two thousand and twelve. for wiki leaks he has written a book he's also made a show for r.t. and wiki leaks has continued to release documents but it seems that two thousand and thirteen will be no less busy a team have prepared

a million documents which they promise to release with information that he says relates to every single government around the world and he also reiterated his plans to run for the australian senate the message here is he might be cooped up inside the upper story an embassy but it's certainly not resting on his laurels to have greece's largest banks could be in line for a bailout soft reporting huge losses this year together they'll need about thirteen billion euros worth of loans to stay afloat and this just days after the country's credit rating was raised to six notches from selective default to be minus standard and poor's has further downgraded cypresses credit rating to junk citing growing fears that it could default on its debts. this resurgent anger in egypt this time after the country's top prosecutor withdrew his resignation. pressured judges not to release protesters opposed to. this very two will now be

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a disaster businesses. better unfortunately. to become one of the well as industrial titans you need the workforce that's ready for anything but grim statistics in the heart of europe so it is about being left behind because they have trouble reading and writing his own. germany and engineering giant a footballing colossus a nation at the very forefront of modern european civilization and this when when i was younger and my friends asked if i wanted to play football i was awaiting it even though i wanted to i was afraid that i might have to read something and that would reveal my problem that i couldn't read or write properly statistics from the ministry of education suggest around seven and a half million germans are functionally illiterate and that means that they can read or write single sentences but nothing more complex than that tim taylor

fellner left school without the skills needed to get by in the world he turned to adult education and now works to help others. on the toughest part he says is getting people to confront their illiteracy if. there are plenty of people who realize that they have problems you notice that in yourself when you try to hide it many are in denial they think they're ok and are able to keep it covered up always making excuses not to come out of the closet or tim says large class sizes coupled with parents too busy at work to spend time reading at home has allowed some kids to slip through the cracks also under the radar as an estimated three hundred thousand adults cannot read or write at all the government is running programs to try and tackle this but the numbers and rolling in courses is a drop in the ocean compared to the millions affected. and no one should leave

school without the minimum required skills to function as a member of society this is a major issue and something we hope not only able to make sure doesn't happen in the future but to also help those who have problems now one program that is looking to help functionally illiterate adults in and around the city of cologne has got employers and volved. from small local businesses to huge manufacturing giants they have a. to give staff with literacy problems flexible working hours so they can attend classes. plus it has been a very successful way of getting education to people who perhaps don't have the time to attend regular classes it benefits the employers as well they get to contribute to the local community and in return receive employees with more skills . if a bit is. despite the good work being done by programs like this one out of the estimated seven point five million functionally illiterate people in germany. only five

percent are receiving any kind of education peter all of germany the tragedy of the sandy hook massacre has brought america's gun owning culture into sharp focus it's a subject of cost thanks to. technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future.

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hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle death by gunshot with the heart wrenching murder of twenty children six adults in newtown connecticut there appears to be a change of mood in the u.s. about its gun laws and culture of violence well this tragedy be

a catalyst for change or merely a blip in america's love affair with guns. to cross the guns in america i'm joined by roger payne washington he is the founder and director of cato center for constitutional studies in san francisco we have scott blakeman he is a political comedian and commentator and in paris we cross to rachel marston she's a political communications strategist and a syndicated columnist right cross talk rules in effect to this the very delicate subject and it's really taking the attention of the american people here we heard president obama talking about it that something has to change scott in san francisco do you think that's possible is the mood change enough to change a culture of violence in america absolutely i think that the horrific shooting in newtown connecticut really is the tipping point and things have already changed first of the nash.